Description
Running a fruit barrow? Dead-easy thought the younger members of the Jackson and Cooper clan marooned in London for a hot and dusty summer. Even Jane, ever sober and practical, thought it could be done. Richard was dubious, but the thought of some pin-money to spend on his beloved car was a powerful incentive. Hilary was determined to have a go, if only for the sake of old Yossell. So they took it on. That was the beginning. They hadn't reckoned on the murderously early hours, the jockeying for position at the wholesale market, the problems presented by rash purchases. It was lucky that Hilary had such a firm ally and guide in Peter Minsky. It was through Peter that they learned that someone coveted their pitch -- someone who wouldn't (and didn't) hesitate to use every dirty trick in the trade. This is a story of city streets, of hustling, bustling crowds in a district of London where people of all nations argue and joke and buy the day's meal off barrows in a street market. It has the jollity and vitality of a great metropolis, and some pretty rough moments as well. It is a story of quite ordinary young people, right now.
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